Southbound

The weather wasn’t as good on our southbound trip from Kirkenes back to Bergen. But it was definitely what we now call “Norway weather” – changing every couple of minutes. Both of our southbound excursions were cancelled, one due to high winds, one due to needing to refuel unexpectedly (presumably also due to high winds […]

Ships Everywhere

This post is for my naval architect friends! I suppose I should have realized that there would be a lot of boats and ships along the coast of Norway, but I never expected as many interesting ones as we’ve seen, from LNG tankers to very short and tall fishing boats. We’re sailing on the Havila […]

Mostly Asea

We boarded the Havila Castor a week ago in Bergen. She looks just like her sister ship, Havila Capella, which we passed a few days later: The Havila ships are mail boats, delivering mail and packages all along the coast. We’ve booked a 12-day roundtrip, but some people use it to travel shorter distances. They […]

66°33′44″ N

We’re above the Arctic Circle! I’m behind on the blog – it’s tough to tear myself away from the scenery to work on it, and the internet is quite slow on the ship. I’ll go back to catch up, but right now I’m super excited to be in the Arctic with fabulous scenery. Pictures never […]